Box-loop



(No Model.)

F. A. NEIDER.

BOX LOOP.

No. 336,735. Patented Feb. 23, 1886,

me dor y M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED A. NEIDEB, OF AUGUSTA, KENTUCKY.

BOX-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,7315, dated February 23, 1886.

Application filed December 14, 1885. Serial No. 185,662.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Augusta, in the county of Bracken and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box Loops and Buckle-Clips for Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in buckle-fastenings for carriage-curtains and similar uses.

Its object is a combined buckle and loop for carriage-curtains, that can be constructed at a less cost of labor and material than those now in use, can be more quickly applied for use, and have,when applied, a neater appearance.

Heretofore it has been customary to either attach the buckle to the bottom of the loop, thus requiring a complete box, to an independent plate at the bottom of the loop, or to an independent clip within the loop.

My present invention consists in connecting the buckle to the top of the loop, thus dispensing with the bottom plate and all extraneous fastening devices.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are represented by similar reference letters wherever they occur throughout the various views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle-loop made according to my invention, having the buckles attached at each end. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a single loop attached to a portion of the back stay or ourtain of the carriagetop. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical central transverse section of the same with the strap removed.

The loop A is struck up from sheet metal in the usual manner,'the distinguishing feature in the loop being the extended ends a, which are left straight when the blank is cut out, to be doubled around the end of the buckle B to secure it to the loop, as clearly shown in the (No model.)

drawings. It has downwardly-projecting prongs a, which pass through the stay 0 and 4 5 are clinched over on the under side, to secure the buckle and its loop in place. In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown these prongs passing through the stay Gandathin sheet-metal plate, D, on the inside of the stay, over which the prongs a are bent and clinched down. The loop may of course be used either with or without this plate, as desired, the plate being only used as a strengthening device.

The form of buckle or strap fastening B shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is a cheaper and more convenient form than the ordinary buckle shown in Fig. 1, by reason of its attachment to the top of the loop A, rendering it applicable to my improved form of loop. To buckle the strap E onto this buckle, it is only necessary to turn the buckle Bup at about a right angle to the top of the loop and pull the strap through as tightas it is desired to have it, and pass the tongue I) through one of the openings in the strap, after which the buckle is drawn down to the position shown and the end of the strap slipped into the loop.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined loop and strap fastening for carriage curtains, struck up or formed as shown, and having a buckle secured to the loop by a tongue or projection integral with the body portion of the loop and extending from the end thereof at the top.

2. In a carriage curtain loop, the combination, substantially as specified, of the loop A, having the forward extension, (1, for attaching the buckle, and the attaching-prongs a, with the buckle B, secured to the top of said loop by the clip a,turned over the end of the buckle.

' FRED A. NEIDER.

YVitnesses:

W. B. ALLEN, G. W. MQNEGHAN. 

